Presenting.....Child Scholars!!!!

Yesterday we were able to present our brilliant ideas to Mrs. Sandy Willmore for our Swickard Woods project!

The kids formed groups based on their interest and presented what they would like to create and how it would work. Each design was created to help us find out what animals are in Swickard Woods.

Jim, Jack, Sarah, Monnishaa, Eli, Collin, and Henry designed food houses to attract the animals so we could watch them from a camera. Miss Sandy especially liked the water tubes and play areas for the animals! She told them to think about what types of food would they need and how the animals would eat it if some have beaks, some have tongues, some have sharp teeth... 

Jim, Yashas, Elijah, and Levi drew maps of Swickard Woods and designed special video cameras to record the animals. Miss Sandy really liked the cameras on zip lines!! She told them to think about two very specific spots to put cameras.

Sreshta, Kaitlyn, Lucy, and Samantha designed "animal callers" that would call animals over so we could study them. They had bear callers, fox callers, bird callers....Miss Sandy told them she does have an owl caller and maybe they could try that sometime!!!

Teddy and Levi designed safe animal traps to catch the animals but not cause any harm. Miss Sandy loved the idea that the traps could go under water!

Peyton, Allie, Addison, Kaitlyn, and Sreshta started research on some animals we already knew lived in Swickard Woods. They shared some interesting facts with Miss Sandy. Miss Sandy told them research was exactly what they should be doing to find out about animal habitats!

Emma, Avery, and Kiera created interview questions for Miss Sandy. We found out some really cool facts when she answered us! Did you know coyotes and foxes live in our woods?? Their favorite question was which animals are the most dangerous in SW? You will never guess what her answer was.....US!! People are the most dangerous, most animals are harmless if we stay out of their way.

Now that we have a start of which animals are in our woods, we can all start some research! I will also be planning very closely with Sandy to make some of these ideas really happen!! Aren't our kids so bright?!!